Sound and visual recorded by Franklin George for eBKF2021 Sonic Postcard project.

Suasana Long Kerong 1 - Recorded by Franklin George for eBKF2021 Sonic Postcard project.

Suasana Long Kerong 7 - Recorded by Franklin George for eBKF2021 Sonic Postcard project.

Suasana Long Kerong 8 - Recorded by Franklin George for eBKF2021 Sonic Postcard project.

Sungai Besar Long Kerong 1 - Recorded by Franklin George for eBKF2021 Sonic Postcard project.

Sungai Besar Long Kerong 2 - Recorded by Franklin George for eBKF2021 Sonic Postcard project.

Sungai Besar Long Kerong 3 - Recorded by Franklin George for eBKF2021 Sonic Postcard project.

Sound and visual recorded by Leoforster Ruben for eBKF2021 Sonic Postcard project.

3 - Recorded by Leoforster Ruben for eBKF2021 Sonic Postcard project.

4 - Recorded by Leoforster Ruben for eBKF2021 Sonic Postcard project.

5 - Recorded by Leoforster Ruben for eBKF2021 Sonic Postcard project.

6 - Recorded by Leoforster Ruben for eBKF2021 Sonic Postcard project.

This work was inspired by research related to bioacoustic conducted before the outbreak of covid 19 pandemic which was conducted in bako national park, Sarawak. It is an adaptation and re -translation through creative work to the sounds found around the national park. It is also one of a series of sonic-postcards that have been composed that try to describe the atmosphere of the national park.

Bako By Hasnizam

Village & Housing Areas at 6 am

Plantation  Estates at 12 Noon

Plantation Estates Estates at 6 pm

Plantation Estates at 12 Midnight

Primary Rainforest at 6 am

Primary Rainforest at 12 Noon

Primary Rainforest at 6 pm

Primary Rainforest at 12 Midnight

Secondary Forest at 6 am

Secondary Forest at 12 Noon

Secondary Forest at 6 pm

Plantation Estates (Full Day)

Village And Housing Areas (Full Day)

Secondary Forest (Full Day)

Primary Forest (Full Day)

The piece was composed at the Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Music Studios (BEAST), Birmingham, England. The material for the piece was recorded during one of my earlier research trip in the Borneo jungle. In this piece, my intention was to explore the many "soft tools" available in the studios. This piece was awarded 1st Prize for Residency category by Institut International Musique Electroacoustique Bourges in 2001. The piece represent an initial attempt at exploring sound domain composition, through various composing "tools" available in hand such as the early version of Composer's Desktop Project,  (CDP), Metasynth, Cecilia to mention few.

Fatihah

The engkuromong, is a musical instrument of a specific type from the Iban ethnic group Sarawak, Borneo. The Iban ethnic group is well known for their rich are and culture, which intertwined with spiritual and religious belief. In Iban culture, the engkuromong is sacred, an has been regarded as the main instrument in any Iban repertoire.  

The instrument consists of sets of tuned small bronzed gongs and produces bright sound, arranged in single row. A typical set of engkuromong  has 14 small gongs, with two rows in seventh, in an octave apart, placed on a wooden rack functions as the resonator.

Engkuromong

The material for the piece was recorded in Alum Rock road, Saltley, a small town on the outskirts of Birmingham, where I went every weekend for my groceries. The piece is infused with plenty of activities to be found on the streets of Alum Rock. At the same time I exploit the interplay between real and non real sounds, blending them together in dreary and lively ambiences.

The piece received a Pre- Selection of Jury in Bourges 2005

Interplay

The piece came after listening to the sounds of a music stand. It was accidentally recorded during summer 2001 in the a concert hall. Initially I was fascinated by the resonance and the vibration of the sound picked up by the pair of Neumann microphones during the recording. Various techniques were used to play with the object, including plucking it, and striking it with a pen and sometime playing it as it were a string instrument.  As I struck each 'string-like' part of the music stand with my fingers, the music stand vibrated and the sound resonated. The piece consists of 'percussive and brief' bell-like sounds, and long sustained resonance of similar timbre. Initially the pitch and timbre is confined within itself, but gradually ascends towards active rhythmic murmuring, increases and become diverse, and finally results in percussive events.

Metallic

Badminton is a very popular sports in Malaysia and has been the national game. The game itself require a variety of pace and movement around the court, and above all, it requires fast responsive and reactions against the shuttlecocks. The piece is about my exploration of gesture and motion in the context of playing badminton, with interplay between real and non-real sounds. The sounds were recorded using Soundman OKMII binaural stereo microphone head set. The microphone gave outstanding spatial characteristics which have contributed the source material for the piece.

The piece received Pre Selection of Jury for Electroacoustic Sonic Art Works category in Bourges 2003.

Rahah

This piece was a result of fieldwork and materials collected from Bako National Park, Sarawak. Its was composed mainly based on recorded sounds of frogs, birds, and natural resources.

Night Walk

The material for the pieces was recorded during a field research at the Bako National Park, Sarawak before the "Lockdown" period. The piece was titled "Lockdown" because it was composed at my home studio during the "Lockdown". Also featured in the piece is my Master student, who are now trying to explore more on "soundscape" and she was also my Graduate Research Assistant for my Sound Mapping Project. The Piece was also a gift from me to Pete Stollery for his birthday, a composer and alumni of Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre, whom celebrated his 6oth birthday recently.

The Lockdown

Hasnizam Abdul Wahid, His main interest is in music technology, particularly electronic, computer music and electroacoustic music. He has been a first-prize winner in the residency category in the Bourges 2001 Electroacoustic Music Competition, was awarded a Mention during the L’espace du Son 2002 Competition in Brussels, and received a Pre-Selection of Jury for his work Ra'hah in the Electroacoustic Sonic Art Works category in Bourges 2003 and a Pre- Selection of Jury in Bourges 2005 for his piece Interplay and awarded 3rd Prize Winner for his piece ‘Mikro II’ in Musicacoustica – Beijing 2012 Electronic Music Composition Competition. 

Most of his works, represent his interest in exploring the domain of sounds, and his interest on science of sounds through creative works. He is also a "novice" programmer, on C++ , Supercollider, Max, Pure Data (Pd), and MAYA.

As a scholar and among early electroacoustic composers in Malaysia, he plays a key role in introducing electroacoustics in Malaysia. He has participated in various national and international festivals as well as competitions such as Bourges (France), Emphirical Soundings (Australia), Musicacoustica (China), Asea(r)n (Thailand) as well as Spectre (Malaysia).

He was the Dean at the Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, and now currently residing as the Director at the Institute of Creative Arts & Technology (iCreaTe), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Sarawak, East Malaysia (also known as Borneo), Malaysia. His other works include exploring telemusic, through ‘Asian Telemusic Concert’, a collaborative online real- time performance with collaborators from Beijing in 2011.

He is also a member of, International Computer Music Association (ICMA), Spectromorphology interest group, exploring notation and representation in sound domain, and was appointed as Malaysian representative for Southeast Asia Directors of Music (SEADOM) society, and also a member of Electroacoustic Music Studies (EMS) and Electroacoustic Music Studies Asia Network (EMSAN).

His other research interest include  studies on different species of frog sounds, swiftlets (birds), and since 1994 he has recorded various sounds in Borneo , including sound from the Borneo highland, as well as research on Gamelan instruments from local Malaysia as well as neighbouring country. Most of his works can be describe as acousmatic, exploring bioacoustics, anthrophony, geophony and biophony.

During his studying years in the Europe, he visited and attended various conferences, festivals as well as visits include Musique and Recherches (Ohain, Belgium), Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST), Birmingham, England, Beijing Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China, and his latest was a seminar at the Museum of Siam, Bangkok.

He was also the pioneering team for the production of Rainforest World Music Festival 1998. As well as session musician for local artist. 

Listed as one of the artist in 2017 edition of The Cambridge Companion  to Electronic Music (2nd Ed), it manifest his consistent interest and focus in  Electroacoustic Music.

His recent works include "Sape and Sampo", a live electronics performance in Auch, France (26-30 July 2023). His brief residency and masterclass program on Sampo instruments includes, mixed music techniques, real-time processing, live electronics, augmented instruments and improvisation with supervision of Jean-Christophe Revel (organist, improviser , and composer, Regional Conservatory of Paris, France) and Alexander Mihalic (composer, Musinfo, France). 

He attended  Aqtushetii  Residency Programme the Caucasus All Frequency Music Residency, August 2024, organised and led by Ben Wheeler and Giorgi Koberidze in Omalo, Caucasus mountain range, Georgia.  Exploring folk music with music technology.

SensARTS Sensibilization of youth ARts, science and digital TechnologieS a collaborative project between the artist, technologist and scientist from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) with comissioned project by Ambassade De France En Malaise, Alliance Francaise Kuala Lumpur. (Please refer to the playlists SensARTS Sensibilization of youth ARts, science and digital TechnologieS for the works).

He is also the member of SPECTRE Collective, a group of composer/performer exploring sound domain composition.

He received "Special Mention" in Music/Sound Design category during the Art Beats Festival, 14-20 August 2023, organised by Lancaster University and Sunway University.

Hasnizam Abdul Wahid

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